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By JOHN O'CONNOR
Associated Press Writer
(AP) 04:06:31 PM (ET), Monday, May 18, 2009 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.)
Rahm Emanuel wanted answers. Funds from a $2 million state grant to a school in his congressional district had not arrived, so he went straight to the man in charge: Gov. Rod Blagojevich. For four successive days in 2006, then-Rep. Emanuel called for Blagojevich, with one message noting it was about the Chicago Academy, according to thousands of pages of call logs reviewed by The Associated Press.
Emanuel's chief of staff followed the next week with four more calls to a top Blagojevich aide.
The school grant is at the heart of an extortion allegation against Blagojevich, who was thrown out as Illinois governor in January and faces multiple federal corruption charges.
Our boy Blago was fired by Donald Trump the other week from "The Apprentice" and now the FEDS are after him. Seems Rezko funneled a lot of money to Blago's wife. Hah!
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Didn't Rezko do a shadey property deal with Obama too?
Obama got the lot next door to his house for a very cheap price or something, anybody remember?
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